On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eben Eliason wrote: > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Are there any plans to provide a command-line based interface to > managing UI > > > options such as share/join/leave/invite? I would argue that in the long > run > > > it would be faster to type something like "join write by Tom" which > would > > > have the same effect as many point-and-click actions in order to join > the > > > write activity that tom started (or which Tom is participating in now). > > > > > > > > > > This is an interesting idea, though I hope that we can make the > > search/filter UI strong enough to make it almost redundant. For > > instance, typing in simply "Write Tom" should turn up all instances of > > write which have participants named Tom in them (plus some other > > stuff, potentially). Typing something more specific like > > "activity:write starter:tom" would find more precise results. If we > > can make that filter nearly instant, it would simply take /one/ click > > to join the appropriate activity. The search field is focused when > > arriving in the view anyway, so even from within an activity it only > > takes one extra keystroke (mesh button) to initiate this process. (I > > recognize that pressing enter would be faster than even this single > > click, but at the same time wonder how frequently we could have 100% > > certainty of what a given command intends, since the usernames and > > activity names are not guaranteed to be unique anyway.) > > > > > > Oh, that's great! Then there is no need for a separate command line. Then, > how about extending the functionality of Search with escaped commands like > "/join ..." a-la-irc? Also, would it make sense to show a similar command > line in views other than just the mesh view, such as in the activity?
My concerns for uniqueness still apply, but I wouldn't be opposed to extending the with advanced search/filter/(and even command) syntax in the future. The places this would apply up front would be all three zoom levels, and the Journal, it seems. - Eben _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar